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added comments about ANU news.

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@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ to the news system key ring.
<B>=<I>logfile</I></B>) in <I>control.ctl</I>. <B>=<I>logfile</I></B>) in <I>control.ctl</I>.
<DT>C News: <DT>C News:
<DD>Use the action <B>p</B> in the fourth field of <I>controlperm</I>. <DD>Use the action <B>p</B> in the fourth field of <I>controlperm</I>.
<DT>ANU News:
<DD>Use the <B>HELP ADD FILE PGP_verification<B> ANU command.
<DT>Other systems: <DT>Other systems:
<DD>Sorry, not implemented yet. <DD>Sorry, not implemented yet.
</DL> </DL>
@ -110,6 +112,14 @@ C News version CR.G</A>
Charles Lindsey &lt;chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk&gt;) Charles Lindsey &lt;chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk&gt;)
</UL> </UL>
<P>Newer versions of INN (since 1.5) and ANU News (since 6.2.0) do not
need to be patched, as they ship with built-in handling for pgp
verification. You can therefore skip past the "Install it on your
news system" section to "Enable verification for the hierarchies that
interest you". I recommend that you upgrade to INN 1.5.1sec if you
are running any prior INN version, because it has a few important
security problems fixed.</P>
<P>I regret that I do not have the time to develop more patches, but I <P>I regret that I do not have the time to develop more patches, but I
will gladly add patches for other systems to this page as they are will gladly add patches for other systems to this page as they are
made available to me. The INN version 1.4sec patch will apply to made available to me. The INN version 1.4sec patch will apply to
@ -263,6 +273,10 @@ it has a valid signature. This is probably adequate security as long
as you keep the news user's PGP key ring limited only to people you as you keep the news user's PGP key ring limited only to people you
trust to maintain newsgroup hierarchies.</P> trust to maintain newsgroup hierarchies.</P>
<LI>If you are running ANU News (V6.2.0 or later):
<P>Instructions will (hopefully) soon appear here.
<LI>If you are running some other system: <LI>If you are running some other system:
<P>You're out of luck until someone writes a patch and instructions for <P>You're out of luck until someone writes a patch and instructions for
@ -371,6 +385,10 @@ message saying, "authentication failed".</P>
<P>When you are all done, make sure news.announce.newusers is really <P>When you are all done, make sure news.announce.newusers is really
marked moderated in your <I>active</I> file.</P> marked moderated in your <I>active</I> file.</P>
<LI>If you are running ANU News (V6.2.0 or later):
<P>Instructions will (hopefully) soon appear here.
<LI>If you are running some other system: <LI>If you are running some other system:
<P>You're out of luck until someone writes a patch and instructions for <P>You're out of luck until someone writes a patch and instructions for
@ -1371,7 +1389,7 @@ article, posted regularly in the
newsgroup.</P> newsgroup.</P>
<HR> <HR>
Last modified: 30 October 1996 Last modified: 8 August 1997
<ADDRESS> <ADDRESS>
David C Lawrence<BR> David C Lawrence<BR>
<A HREF="mailto:tale@isc.org (David C Lawrence)">tale@isc.org</A> <A HREF="mailto:tale@isc.org (David C Lawrence)">tale@isc.org</A>